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Revision 5 (Gunnar Húni Björnsson, 2016-06-08 14:02) → Revision 6/13 (Gunnar Húni Björnsson, 2016-06-08 14:15)

h1. Phobias 

 h2. Acrophobia [[Acrophobia]] 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of high places. 

 h2. Agoraphobia [[Agoraphobia]] 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of wide-open, crowded places. 

 Technically speaking an anxiety disorder, not a specific phobia. 

 h2. Aquaphobia [[Aquaphobia]] 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of water. 

 h2. Arachnophobia [[Arachnophobia]] 

 Definition: An abnormal or pathological fear of spiders. 

 h2. Astraphobia [[Astraphobia]] (aka brontophobia and keraunophobia) 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of thunder and/or lightning. 

 h2. Blood phobia [[Blood phobia]] 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of seeing blood and/or bleeding. 

 h2. Claustrophobia [[Claustrophobia]] 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of confined places. 

 h2. Coulrophobia [[Coulrophobia]] 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of clowns. 

 An informal phobia, not listed by diagnostic manuals. 

 h2. Cynophobia [[Cynophobia]] 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of dogs. 

 h2. Dental fear [[Dental fear]] (aka dentophobia) 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of dentists and dental procedures. 

 h2. Entomophobia [[Entomophobia]] 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of insects. 

 h2. Fear [[Fear of driving driving]] (aka driving phobia) 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of driving. 

 h2. Fear [[Fear of flying flying]] (aka aviophobia) 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of airplanes and flying. 

 h2. Monophobia [[Monophobia]] 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of being alone. 

 h2. Mysophobia [[Mysophobia]] 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of germs and contamination. 

 h2. Needle phobia [[Needle phobia]] 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of needles and injections. 

 h2. Nyctophobia [[Nyctophobia]] 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of darkness. 

 h2. Ophidiophobia [[Ophidiophobia]] 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of snakes. 

 h2. Pediophobia [[Pediophobia]] 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of dolls. 

 h2. Social phobia [[Social phobia]] 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of social situations. 

 Technically speaking an anxiety disorder, not a specific phobia. 

 h2. Speech anxiety [[Speech anxiety]] (aka glossophobia) 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of public speaking or even of speaking in general. 

 h2. Thanatophobia [[Thanatophobia]] 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of death. 

 h2. Trypophobia [[Trypophobia]] 

 Definition: An abnormal fear of irregular patterns of small holes. 

 An informal phobia, not listed by diagnostic manuals.